Tag: adventure

  • Dorl Family Trip to Iceland – The Finale

    Dorl Family Trip to Iceland – The Finale

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    By the time I woke the next day, the storm had broken. Kaye went outside to use the bathroom and when she came back told us it was a beautiful day. I went outside with Gwen, and we were both awestruck by the beauty of the morning—a fresh, pristine layer of snow covered everything, including the mountains that surrounded us, which were bathed in pastel orange and pink light by the rising sun. Both of us spontaneously exclaimed—“Ohhhhh!”—and then were rendered speechless by the beauty (though our camper and the others that had stopped there for the night were half covered in icy precipitation and looked like they’d been through a war).

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  • Dorl Family Trip to Iceland Part 6 (of 9)

    Dorl Family Trip to Iceland Part 6 (of 9)

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    I woke up in the middle of the night needing to pee and made my way through the darkened campground to the bathrooms. It was a clear night and I stared up at the stars, bright in the sky. I soon noticed eerie, greenish, glowing cloud-like formations in the sky and realized I was looking at the elusive Northern Lights. I stood under them, taking them in, until the chill of the night drove me back into the camper. My jostling as I climbed out of my coat and shoes woke up Kaye, who went out to use the bathroom and came back in and woke the kids to look up at the Northern Lights. 

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